with the Council and the Bike On New
Zealand Charitable Trust.
It comes at a time when the Council
is rolling out a new cycleway network
in the eastern suburbs in a partnership
with the NZTA. The aim is to make the
roads safer for cycling commuters which
in turn could see more people taking up
the pursuit.
Continued on page 2.

Kilbirnie is set to become a hub of
cycling in Wellington after Evans Bay
Intermediate School (EBIS) opened a
new bike track on Friday.
Wellington City Councillors and police
turned up for the celebration of the
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In a speech made before the ribbon was cut, EBIS board of trustees chair Shelly Reet thanked
the council for its $60,000 contribution to the project, along with
Paul McArdle of Bike On NZ for
securing $25,000 funding from
the NZTA, saying the bike track
was a “dream realised”.
Eastern Ward Councillor Sarah
Free, who holds the cycling
portfolio, says it’s “amazing” to
now have 11 Bikes in Schools
programmes in Wellington. Others in the southern and eastern
suburbs include Scots College,
Holy Cross School, Houghton
Valley School and Ridgeway
School.
“This project is really unique.
This is probably the first Bikes
In Schools project where there
are already many kids who ride
to school,” Sarah says.
“There’s going to be lots more
opportunities with bike projects
around the city. We’ve still got
money for two more schools.”
While located on school
grounds, Sarah says the track

serves as a community facility
and will be available to the public
after hours.
EBIS deputy principal Wikus
Swanepoel, the staff member in
charge of getting the track implemented, says Bike On NZ came
to the school with the proposal
and ideas of how it should look.
The $100,000 cost included
30 new bikes and a storage container, as well as the track which
features a BMX-style section.
“Part of the deal is that kids
get a certain number of hours of
training on bikes from the Wellington City Council facilitator,”
Wikus says.
The Bike Mentor Programme
will see 21 Year 7 students
learning road navigation skills,
bicycle maintenance and inspiring others at EBIS to commute
by bike.
They would be taught leadership skills to become mentors to
novices in order to get them more
confident behind the handlebars.
The student mentors have been
given bike maintenance kits to
get them started.

Strike looms as midwives reject DHBs’ pay offer
More than 1100 midwives
employed by District Health
Boards (DHBs) have voted
overwhelmingly to reject their
pay offer and to go on strike.
Eighty percent of members of
MERAS, the midwives’ union,
voted in all 20 DHBs, including Capital and Coast which
operates Wellington Hospital,
with 90 per cent voting to reject
the DHBs’ offer and for strike
action.
Midwives gave notice on
Tuesday of two-hour work
stoppages every day on every
shift over a two-week period,
effective November 22 to December 5.

Industrial co-leader Jill Ovens
says the idea is to maximise disruption for the DHBs
while minimising the effect on
women and their babies.
Jill says members rejected the
offer because they say DHBs
are refusing to recognise midwives’ skills and responsibilities, a key claim for midwives
since negotiations started more
than a year ago.
Instead, midwives were offered the nurses’ pay scales,
agreed as a result of a negotiation in which the bulk of
midwives employed by DHBs
and represented by MERAS,
played no part.

100-Gun Salute
There will be a 100-Gun
Salute as part of the
ceremony to mark the
armistice that ended
the First World War.
The 100-Gun salute will
be conducted by 16th
Field Regiment, Royal
Regiment of the New
Zealand Artillery, part
of the New Zealand
Defence Force.
When:
Sunday 11 November 2018,
10.50am
Where:
Along the waterfront
outside Te Papa

“Midwives gained recognition
as an autonomous profession
in 1990, nearly 30 years ago,”
says Jill.
“They have a high level of
responsibility, study for a fouryear direct-entry degree, and
their scope of practice includes
a high level of clinical decisionmaking.”
National representative council chair Kelly McConville says
that the strike vote reflected the
concerns that midwives have
about their working conditions
and that they are not acknowledged in their scope of practice.
“It shows how we’ve been
working at crisis point for a long

time now.”
Jill says investment is required
by DHBs and the Ministry of
Health to recruit and retain
midwives.
“The DHBs and Ministry
of Health know urgent action
is needed to address the midwifery shortage and midwives’
work-related stress.”
A spokesman for Capital
and Coast DHB says detailed
contingency planning for the
strike is under way.
“Patient safety remains our
highest priority and focus, and
patients can be assured that they
will continue to receive the care
and support they need.”

Keeping you safe
Live ammunition is not being used.
The sound created will be similar
to large fireworks. To ensure the
safety of spectators and visitors to
the waterfront, we will be enforcing
a 25 metre exclusion zone around
the guns. This will also extend 50
metres into the harbour.
If you live nearby, please keep any
pets inside during the salute.

Viewing the 100-Gun salute
You’re welcome to come down to
the waterfront to view the salute –
we’ll be on hand with hearing
protection. For your own safety,
please respect the exclusion zone.

For more information
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Despite potential disruption
from last week’s strike action,
overall performance of the new
bus network has continued to
improve, Greater Wellington’s public transport agency
Metlink says.
However a Newtown resident
who has spoken out about the
network since its July inception
says it’s still not good enough

and has been gathering signatures for a petition she plans
to submit to a regional council
committee on November 27.
Kara Lipski, of the Wellington
branch of the Public Transport
Users Association, is calling for
Greater Wellington to extend
fulltime the No.12 Strathmore
Park service to the CBD.
It currently only goes to Kilbirnie where a transfer is then
required, although there are

“I know one person who had
to take two buses to get to the
hospital.”
Kara is also concerned the last
bus finishes at Strathmore Park
at 10.55pm, saying there needs
to be a later service.
“These are people with limited financial resources, so
taking a taxi means having to
consider what to give up for
the week.”
Kara will be visiting Miramar
Peninsula’s bus shelters to
gather signatures until the
end of the month. Another
petition document is available
to be signed at the Strathmore
Park Community Centre, 108
Strathmore Road.
It comes as Metlink has lauded improvements to the reliability of the bus service, which
suffered minimal disruption
from last week’s strike action by
a handful of Tranzit bus drivers.
Overall 96 percent of bus
services ran last week, Metlink
spokesman Alan Seay says.
Its performance target is 99.5
percent.
The performance indicator
of punctuality at point of departure was 92.7 percent, a
slight improvement on the week
before. Matching of right bus
size reached 83 percent at peak
times.
Meanwhile the Miramar hub
opened for business on Labour
Weekend, joining Brooklyn as
one of two new hubs now up
and running.
Metlink had hoped the Kilbirnie hub would be operational
by now but due to continuing
work on a major upgrade of
the stormwater system in the
same area and bad weather, it
has been postponed until later
this month.

three extended services to the
CBD via Hataitai during the
morning rush hour.
“Previous feedback from
bus users in Strathmore Park
indicates that a direct service
to the CBD via Newtown is
urgently needed,” Kara says.
“Residents who depend on
bus services to access work and
clinics at Wellington Regional
Hospital, need a whole-day,
all-week direct service.”

Bus campaigner Kara
Lipski with one of the
petition documents
she has been showing
to commuters.
PHOTO: Jamie Adams

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CCDHB take up electric
vehicle trials
Two electric cars may be the first step toward a smaller carbon foot – or tyre – print.
Capital & Coast DHB has become the
first organisation in Wellington to take up
Contact Energy’s electric vehicle fleet trial
for businesses.
“We currently have fleet vehicles … at
our sites across Wellington, Porirua and
Kapiti,” said Corporate Services general
manager Thomas Davis.
“We’re now looking to see if electric cars
can meet our transport needs, and if they
would make a suitable addition to – or
replacement for – our current fleet.”

International students
boost Wellington
New research has shown the value of
Wellington’s international student education sector has hit $410 million a year
for the regional economy and supports
3750 jobs.
Figures released by the Government
have revealed the benefit of Wellington’s
8504 international students, who in 2017
spent $390 million on tuition and living
costs and $20 million on student tourism
into Wellington.
An additional $40 million was generated
by friends and relatives visiting students in
Wellington, supporting 540 jobs, which is
currently included in Tourism NZ figures.
China (2319 students) and India (794) are
the top two providers.

2019 Pride Parade
announced
The Wellington Pride Parade has announced next year’s parade will be on the
evening of Saturday, March 16 – the same
day as Out in the Park – and everyone’s
welcome.
Now in its third year, the theme for the
2019 parade is fire.
Starting at 6pm on Tennyson Street, the
parade will make its way through Wellington’s Courtenay Place area, concluding at
the waterfront adjacent Mac’s Brewery.
Anyone interested in participating or
volunteering for the event, can register
their interest on wellingtonprideparade.
co.nz or email hello@wipp.nz.

inbrief news
Switch to Water
challenge
New Zealand Olympic pole-vaulter Eliza
McCartney is challenging New Zealanders to swap sugary drinks for water for 30
days this November.
Eliza is proud to once again be the face
of this popular campaign and believes
that drinking water is key to a healthy
lifestyle.
“Not only is this great for dental health,
but this means fewer unneeded ‘empty’
calories, and there’s the acidity in sugary
drinks which erodes tooth enamel,” says
Eliza.
To sign up go to switchtowater.co.nz.

Design student may have
answer to bird predators
By Jamie Adams

A local industrial design student may have the solution to a
problem of nesting birds being
vulnerable to predator attacks.
Lucia Powrie has spent her

last year at Massey University
creating a prototype kitset nest
box which she says is predatorproof through its unique design.
“I spent a summer researching how design could best protect New Zealand’s threatened

November to be
unsettled
MetService is forecasting another
“spring-like” month for November, with
large week-to-week variations expected.
Meteorologist James Millward says
it’s fairly usual for spring to show large
swings in both rainfall and temperature.
“It’s too early to put the winter woollies
away but there’ll be days for the togs too,”
he confirms.
He says in November we should expect
large week-to-week variation, adding up
to what will most likely be a fairly average
month.
“Into the second half of the month, a
settled Southern Ocean and occasional
Tasman lows look set to bring us a real
mixed bag. Pretty spring-like really.”

Lucia Powrie’s exhibit Nook, which features at this month’s
Exposure Exhibition at Massey University Wellington.
PHOTO: Jamie Adams

By Jamie Adams

The union for bank workers in the
private sector welcomes the release of
the joint Reserve Bank of New Zealand
and Financial Markets Authority review
of conduct and culture in New Zealand’s
retail banks.
FIRST Union has long campaigned for
the removal of sales targets from the
banking sector, because of both the
negative effect they have on workers and
the risk they create for consumers.
“Simply put, the banks are profitmaking entities and will always prioritise
profits over other interests unless they
are constrained by regulatory intervention or public scrutiny,” union organiser
Stephen Parry says.

The school year may be almost
over but a hive of activity is just
beginning at Scots College as it
adapts to a new era.
Work is about to commence
on a new block at the south end
of the college campus which
headmaster Graeme Yule says
will offer flexible learning environments suited for individual
study and collaborative group
work.
The key aspects of it are three
“maker spaces”, a machine room
for 3D-printing and a food technology laboratory to enable food

Sunday 1100 AM, 11 November 2018

science to enter its curriculum.
“It’s a flexible area, meaning it
won’t be open learning, but can
be,” Graeme says.
“It will feature partition walls
with no doors for adaptable
teaching, and glass walls to
separate the three rooms within
it so students can see what others
are doing.”
Before all this happens work
has been under way with the
council on realigning a sewerage
pipe that runs underneath the
campus.
Scots College recently announced the new block will be
named the McKinnon Block in

In addition to the McKinnon block, Scot College is also
gearing up for the start of its
co-educational regime. The Year
11 and 12 girls’ enrolments for
2020 have begun, with the college able to take up to 30 places
for each year initially.
“We’ll need a couple of extra
classrooms for when girls come
in,” Graeme says. “We’ve got
capacity for girls in the boarding
houses as well. We expect a mix
of domestic, international and
boarding.”
Graeme anticipates female
enrolments will peak at 150 after
three years.

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A two-minute silence will be observed at 11am. This silence will
broken by a fanfare of bells, sirens and horns across the city and
harbour, echoing the joyous sounds heard across New Zealand
when news of the Armistice reached our shores in 1918.

The Wellington Branch of the RNZRSA encourages all
Wellingtonians and visitors to join the New Zealand Defence
Force for the final commemorative activities of the First World
War Centenary.

recognition of Ian McKinnon,
who was the Headmaster at
Scots from 1992 to 2002. Ian
served as Deputy Mayor of
Wellington from 2007 until 2013
and is now a regional councillor.
“The name is not just for Ian,”
Graeme says. “His wife Jenny
also had a lot to do with Scots.
She was responsible for a fence
project around the college and
was a matron in one of our
boarding houses.”
The block’s opening will coincide with a reunion planned for
all Scots College students who
attended during Ian’s term as
headmaster.

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Preceding the national ceremony which will be held at
Pukeahu National War Memorial Park, at 1100 am, a 100-Gun
Salute by 16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery
will occur on the Wellington waterfront in front of Te Papa. The
firing will commence at 1050am and is symbolically timed to
finish at 11am when the guns fell silent on the Western Front
100 years ago.

At 7.30pm, at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park, a sunset
ceremony will be held marking the end of the First World War
centenary period.

having studied for a Bachelor of
Design with honours at Massey
University’s Mt Cook campus
over the past four years.
Nook is one of more than
300 exhibits on display as part
of the Exposure Exhibition, a
celebration of the work of the
graduates and undergraduates
of Massey’s College of Creative
Arts.
Other exhibits include a bike
parking apparatus with bag
rest, a portable heat-pack for
women suffering from endometriosis, a backpack that helps
hobby beekeepers to re-collect
swarms essential for bee reproduction and a children’s Maori
pronunciation phrasebook.
The Exposure Exhibition,
which runs until November
17, has been a fixture of the
university’s calendar for 11
years. Several design and fine
arts graduates have gone on to
achieve greatness, such as Sean
Kelly, who won Season 13 of
Project Runway.
It is held daily at 10am-4pm
at Massey’s College of Creative
Arts.

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endemic birds. Through this I
identified a need for specified
nest boxes for two species of
cavity-nesting birds, kakariki
and tieke.”
Called “Nook”, the box has
thermo-wood panels to reduce
the effects of temperature fluctuations and moisture build-up
and the design mimics a natural
cavity.
Crucially, it comes with a steel
overhanging roof and angled
polycarbonate front panel, both
of which make it too sturdy and
slippery for rats to get into.
Another aspect is the base,
made out of eco-friendly
“coco-crete”, a concrete-like
substance primarily consisting
of coconut.
Lucia built the prototype and
while she hasn’t applied to patent it, she is open to Nook being
mass-produced if demand is out
there. She has even discussed
the possibility of volunteers at a
local Menzshed building them.
Originally from Hawke’s Bay,
Lucia now calls Wellington
home as she plans to move to
Lyall Bay with her partner,

City riders go gonzo over Onzo bikes
Wellingtonians are leaping
onto little black and yellow
bicycles as the city embraces
its first bike share scheme.
Onzo’s six-month trial started on October 6. In its first
two weeks more than 11,000
people have registered and
nearly 14,000 trips have been
taken.
“It is a trial to test the market
and the demand certainly ap-

pears to be there,” says Mayor
Justin Lester.
“The central city seems well
suited to the bikes and it’s
great to see all sorts of people
using them.”
Onzo’s chief operating officer Harry Yang says they are
delighted with the uptake.
“The reaction has been overwhelmingly positive. People
are tagging Onzo on social

media and it seems they are
really enjoying the service. It’s
quite exciting.
“Wellingtonians appear to be
treating the bikes with more
respect than in Auckland,
where the company started,
and there haven’t been any
cases of them being abandoned in odd places here.”
Onzo employs six staff in
Wellington to look after the

200 bikes.
City Councillor Sarah Free
who holds the Council’s cycling portfolio, says the arrival
of Onzo is timely given the increased investment in cycling
infrastructure in the city.
To hire the bikes, people have
to download the Onzo app,
create an account and log in
to find the nearest bike, which
come with a helmet and lights.

The cost to hire a bike is 25 cents for
every 15 minutes or $1 an hour.
People hiring the bikes are encouraged
to park them beside a bike stand – the
trip is easily finished when the user pulls
down the lock on the back wheel.
There are some parking restrictions
on the Golden Mile, Cuba Mall, the
waterfront and in central city parks.
Mt Cook mates Rhys Hollowood and
Cameron Webber sang praises for the
Onzo Bikes when they were spotted riding them on the waterfront on Monday.
The pair travelled all the way to the
boat sheds in Evans Bay, such was their
enjoyment on the bikes.
“There’s no gears so it’s obviously
something you would ride on the flat,”
Cameron says.
They warn the bikes can be in high
demand in days of great weather, as was
the case on Monday.

Mt Cook residents
Rhys Hollowood
and Cameron Webber have given the
Onzo Bikes their seal
of approval. PHOTO:
Jamie Adams

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Halloween comes to
Miramar Bowling Club
A range of colourful characters converged in Miramar last Wednesday
when the local bowling club played
host to a Halloween Party for the
peninisula’s children. It is the third
year the club has hosted such an
event, which featured a barbecue,
lucky dip and prizes for best costume.
An “asylum” lair the club had con-

structed for its inaugural party was
brought out again, and club members
were also on hand to supervise some
bowls recreation on the rinks.
President Carl Northcott says hosting a party gives local children a way
to get into the spirit of the tradition
without them having to go trick-ortreating.

“Skeleton” Oli Holmes and “Harry Potter” Tomas Satyanand, both 6, next to a coffin
inside the clubroom’s “asylum”.

readers have their say... Find out the WORD on the Street.
Question: Should the sale of fireworks for private use be banned?

Ngaire Curtis,
Berhampore
“Probably. They cause a
lot of mayhem, it would
be much safer not to
have them. It’s better to
go to a public display.”

Brynn Acey,
Southgate
“I’m sort of 50/50 on it. I
feel bad for the animals
but people enjoy them
as well. I think they’re on
their way out.”

Philippa Henwood,
Island Bay
“I would support a ban, but don’t
know if I would actively make
it happen. I still buy sparklers.
I think it’s more appropriate to
have a display during Matariki.”

Ryan McQuinlan,
Island Bay
“I don’t think it should be banned.
If they’re not putting on a show
now we should have them in our
backyards and keep a watch on
people using them on the beach.”

Diana Giddens,
Island Bay
“I’m just getting sparklers
because I don’t think other stuff is
safe. It could be good if there was
a community-based fireworks
show at Shorland Park.”

Jim Love,
Island Bay
“I think it’s heading that
way because there’s fires all
over the place and people
will probably stockpile a
few. I think it’s dying out.”

LETTERS to the editor
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interest are welcomed. Guidelines
are that they should be no longer
than150words.Theymustbesigned
and a street address provided to
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Road users could learn from
time at kindergarten
Dear Editor,
[In response to Christine
Swift’s letter (CSN, November
1)]
When I was in kindergarten
we learned some basic tips on
courtesy. Be kind. If you make
a mess, clean it up. No hitting.
Share. Big kids look out for little
kids. Take turns.
Similarly, the road rules apply

Newtown developments
destroy streetscape

to everyone, whether you are
on foot, a scooter, bicycle or
driving.
Everyone has a duty of care
to look out for others and do
no harm.
If in doubt, follow the kindergarten tips.
Patrick Morgan
Cycling Action Network
Te Aro

Dear Editor,
If the Mayor really supported protecting our heritage
(CSN, October 25) his council
should be questioning the
external design of buildings
when they are being built in
council protected heritage
areas.
The Housing NZ redevelopment in Owen Street is

desperately needed, but we
need the council’s formulaic
rules around size and position
to also embrace impact on
the streetscape of the area.
Architects can do better than
destroy this prominent Newtown streetscape.
Chris Gray
Newtown

All hell breaks loose if All Souls Day is celebrated
Dear Editor;
I detest the Yankee festival foisted on us during recent decades: it
okays witchcraft and paganism.
But I was more worried by
reading (CSN Oct 25) about
some Presbyterians holding a
remembrance of their dead on
that date, All Souls’ Day, the eve
of All Hallows’ (All Saints’) Day.
This is perhaps the prelude to
their embracing the odious Romish doctrine of purgatory, which is

especially stressed on that annual
October 31.
This was all very rightly dropped
in Scotland and England at the
Reformation: the English Prayer
Book calendar has All Saints’
Day on December 1, but not All
Souls’ day on the eve of it. There
are Collect, Epistle, and Gospel
for All Saints, but with All Souls
completely omitted.
Further, the Thirty-nine Articles
specifically condemn the doc-

Councillors out of touch
Dear Editor
I read the papers submitted to Council calling for
a liquor ban in Kilbirnie.
What horrific stories from the many business
shops but did the Councillors understand?
I hear NOT one of the local Councillors voted for
this call to help keep our elderly and family groups
free from the harassment of the ones out of control
in Bay Road.
As Council officers put the forward the problem
as being one of homelessness, beggars and minor
crime then lets really do something about that.
It’s time for the churches, marae and community
centres to open their facilities at night to take in
these desperate persons!
Meals each night, mattresses on the floors, showers, check in at 6pm, hot meal, then check out at
8am! Besides these above mentioned groups get
huge tax breaks from society so let’s spread the
love.
Rose Wu
Kilbirnie

trine of purgatory, invocation of
saints, relics, etc. The obnoxious
perversion that calls itself “AngloCatholicism” falsely claims that a
prayer in the communion service
is for the faithful dead and the
living together, in the hope of
Heaven.
No, it prays that the living,
WITH THEM, will have everlasting felicity: it doesn’t pray that
we AND THEY will; because the
prayer rightly assumes that all the

faithful dead ALREADY HAVE
that felicity that we hope to have.
All suffrages for the dead are
in vain: they have gone to either
heaven or Hell for ever; and purgatory doesn’t exist. I hope those
Presbyterians merely remembered their dead, and didn’t also
pray for them, which no informed
Anglicans or Presbyterians would
ever do.
But here in Wellington, there are
alarming indications seeming to

indicate that a great many Anglicans, Presbyterians, Methodists,
and Baptists are planning a sellout
to “Old Redsocks of Rome”
just a few years from now, and
meanwhile wrongly suppose that
Rome’s official teaching on how
Christians are saved (synergism,
of faith plus works), is okay. Well,
it’s deadly!
H Westfold,
Miramar

Many wars caused by
diversity of religion

Maybe add “Excellent Other”
to university name

Dear Editor
H.Westfold aka “the Dinosaurus
of the East” (CSN 25 Oct) chastises
R.Nobles pacifist views and as always
pushes his narrow Christian view.
Many wars are caused by the diversity
of religion, such as persecution by the
modern day Jews against the legally
rightful owners, the Palestinians in a
70-year war which has no end in sight.
One really needs to re-read Rich
Noble’s letter to see that he was putting out there the Kilbirnie Mosque is
some sort of small break away religion
as opposed to actually being Muslim
which is the greatest religion ever.
Praise be to Allah.
Tim Dalman
Te Aro

Dear Editor,
VUW is juggling four names in the
air at present: Wellington University,
Victoria Wellington University, Te
Herenga Waka, and Te Whare
Wanangao te Upoko o te Ika a Maui.
Looking over Wellington NZ we
see umpteen other tertiary educational school names like Massey,
Otago, Weltech, Auckland, and I
am still looking for Christchurch,
Canterbury and Waikato campi (sic)
who might have their foothold in
Whanganui-O-Tara.
The best solution, unique and true
would be: ‘Excellent Other Wellington University’ EOWU.
The advantages would be:
1. It is higher up the alphabetical

scale of names
2. EOWU is an honest name identifying with the NZ sheep industry as
an old English word for ewe
3. It would be unique in the world
as the names OOWU (One Other
Wellington Uni) is already taken by
an obscure clothing shop (On Our
Way Up) and AOWU, (Another
Wellington Uni) is already taken by
the NZ Ambulance Officers Workers’ Union
4. It would get our Ministry of Education out of the role of dissatisfying
at least half of the people involved
with VUW.
Paul Franken
Strathmore Park

Thursday November 8, 2018

Ten years of putting the Kaibosh on food
poverty and waste
Wellington food rescue charity Kaibosh
is celebrating 10 years of “rescuing” and
redistributing food in the Wellington
region.
Kaibosh was founded in October 2008
when original donor Wishbone wanted
to donate their quality surplus food to
local charities, but these groups weren’t
able to collect the food after business
hours.
Robyn Langlands, a volunteer at the
Wellington Women’s Refuge, offered
to pick up Wishbone’s surplus food in
the evening, passing it on to the women
and children staying at the safe house.
Robyn and her husband George discovered that other Wellington businesses
had a surplus of food, while numerous
charities had a requirement for this food.
The couple went on to found Kaibosh,
New Zealand’s first dedicated food rescue
organisation.
Robyn remembers filling bags to the brim
with food and packing them into their
Toyota Corolla Hatchback.

“We’d take the food home to keep it
overnight. We’d have it stored on the
kitchen counters and tables – there was
food everywhere.”
Kaibosh has two bases, in Wellington and
the Hutt Valley. They rescue and sort food
from over 40 businesses, with the help of
more than 200 volunteers, and redistribute
it to more than 65 community groups.
In the past decade Kaibosh has rescued
more than one million kilograms of
quality surplus food, provided 2.9 million
meals worth of healthy food to people in
need, and reduced carbon emissions by
795,512kg.
Robyn believes Kaibosh has been successful because it’s a solution to both food
poverty and food waste.
As well as its volunteers, Kaibosh relies
on the generosity of the community to help
cover costs.
It says a donation of $10 a week will provide 10 meals each week to people in need.
To find out more visit kaibosh.org.
nz/10for10

Wellington’s young people shaping their future
One hundred and fifty young people
took the chance to tell the Wellington
City Council what their vision for the
capital was at a summit held yesterday.
Year 9 and 10 students from secondary
schools across Wellington attended the
Youth Summit, part of the Council’s project to develop a framework focusing on
the needs of children and young people.

Robyn and George Langlands are thrilled to be celebrating 10 years of the charity
they founded. PHOTO: Mike Heydon

Walk to raise awareness
of motor neuron disease
All around the country Kiwis are raising
awareness, support and money for the
annual Walk 2 D’Feet Motor Neurone
Disease on Sunday November 11.
“Our family has experienced three generations who have been affected by this
devastating disease,” says Wellingtonian
Jenny Knight.
“My father was 55 years old when he
was diagnosed. At the time his doctor had
never treated anyone with motor neurone
disease before and had only heard of three
people who had it.”
Just 10 months later her father passed
away from the fatal neuro-degenerative
disease. Jenny has watched her two brothers, auntie, and sister meet a similar fate.
This family is currently nursing another
sister and a nephew who have recently
been diagnosed.
A small proportion of people (5-10
percent) with MND will have a strong
family history of the disease.
“I am passionate about raising awareness and much-needed funds to support
MND New Zealand to continue to
provide care for people living with MND,
their carers and families,” says Jenny, an
MND volunteer.
Motor Neurone Disease can strike active
people often in middle age — changing
lives overnight. Over 300 people are
living with MND around the country.
As this muscle-wasting disease pro-

gresses it robs people of their movement,
speech and eventually their lives.
People living with MND, their families
and carers all need support as they face
the daily challenges of this debilitating
disease. People usually live between three
to five years after diagnosis.
The Motor Neurone Disease Association of New Zealand provides essential
information and support services to people with MND, their families and carers.
The organisation works together with
people living with MND, and their
families, to enable them to have the best
quality of life possible.
“Delivering services costs money and
unfortunately our contribution from
Government funding agencies makes up
less than 6 percent of what it costs us to
deliver those services,” chairperson Lucy
Haberfield says.
Lucy is calling for the public to join
the Annual Walk 2 D’Feet MND on
this Sunday, November 11. The 3.5km
walk starts at 11am from ASB Sports
Centre, 72 Kemp Street, Kilbirnie. The
walk is suitable for children, prams and
wheelchairs.
Money raised helps continue to offer
free support to families affected by MND
and fund vital research to help find a cure.
 To register go to mndwalk.org.nz
where you can also create your own
Walk 2 D’Feet MND fundraising page.

“As our city grows and changes, it’s
important we understand the views and
experiences of our children and young
people,” Deputy Mayor Jill Day says.
Students participated in interactive workshops on topics including
transport, sustainability, community
development, and participation in sport
and recreation.

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Thursday November 8, 2018

Stories sought as hospital site
approaches centenary
From treating infectious patients, to teaching music, to
becoming a home for animals
as SPCA’s Wellington Centre,
the former Wellington Fever
Hospital on Mt Victoria’s ridge
has seen a lot in its almost 100
years of service.
With the building’s 100th
birthday in March 2019, SPCA’s
Wellington Centre is gearing
up to celebrate. The team is on
the search for people who have
been involved in the old Fever
Hospital’s vast history.
Opening its doors in 1919, the
building located on Mt Victoria’s Green belt first started as
an Isolation Hospital to care
for infectious patients with
diphtheria and tuberculosis.
The hospital closed in 1981
after over 60 years of service,
was soon taken up with residency by the Wellington School
of Music.
Now it is a home to animals,
given a new lease on life by
SPCA in 2013.
As SPCA prepares to celebrate
the building’s birthday, Central
Region general manager Ros
Alsford says they want to get
everyone who has walked down
the halls of the old Fever Hospital involved too.
“This building is a unique part

What the hospital site looks
like as the SPCA Wellington
Centre today.
PHOTOS: Supplied

of Wellington history. Over
the years it has been home to
so many people and we want
to mark this milestone with
the community.”
Ros says SPCA wants to
hear the stories of people who
have been a part of the old
Fever Hospital’s history and
encourages them to reach out
to their team.
Their stories will not only be
used in SPCA’s celebrations

in March 2019 but will also
be collated into a book on the
old Fever Hospital’s history.
“Sharing these stories, collecting relics, looking back on
100 years in the Wellington
community, this is something
we want to celebrate on this
landmark occasion.”
 To get in touch, you can
call SPCA’s Wellington Centre
on 04 389 8044 or email wellington.functions@spca.nz

Wellington’s Fever Hospital in 1919.

Rita Angus to host local art
club exhibition
Rita Angus retirement village in
Kilbirnie will again play host to an art
expo by New Zealand’s oldest art club,
Miramar-based Wellington Art Club.
In what has become an annual event,
Rita Angus is to showcase works by
members of the club over this weekend
November 10 and 11, between 10am
and 4pm.
A number of Wellington’s best known
and most respected artists will be
exhibiting new works, all of which will
be for sale on a first come, first served
basis. More than 100 art works are
expected to be exhibited.
The club’s vice-president, Annette
Straugheir, says the art expo is both
an exhibition of its members’ artistic
achievements and an opportunity for
those with an interest in exploring
or extending their artistic talents to
come along and see what the club
has to offer.
“We are very grateful to Rita Angus for hosting the club. It’s a great
partnership, which members value
greatly”.
Annette says a portion of the club’s
earnings from each exhibition is
provided to a charity supported by
Ryman Healthcare. This year’s charity
is the Stroke Foundation.
The Wellington Ar t Club was
established in 1892. Initially based in
Upper Hutt, the club now welcomes
new members to its purpose-built
clubrooms in Chelsea Street, Miramar.
As well as providing facilities for its
members, it hosts classes for beginners and established artists alike.

Prominent artist and Wellington Art Club member Eric Dyne, whose works will
feature at the Rita Angus Art Expo. PHOTO: Supplied

Christmas
Parade returning
to Kilbirnie
Last year’s highly successful Kilbirnie
Christmas Parade will be returning on
Sunday December 2.
The event, organised by the Kilbirnie
Business Network (K BN), has been
expanded in its second incarnation to
include some family-friendly after-event
entertainment behind the Kilbirnie Community Centre showcasing lots of local
talent.
As well as Santa’s grotto there will be
free activities such as face painting, a
fi re engine, bouncy castle and bubble and
hula-hoop workshops.
With 25 floats already confi rmed, the
KBN expects the parade to be huge.
“With live music from Rongotai College including their Big Band, choir and
rock band plus Aspire Big Band, and
performances from local dance groups
including the Diwali dancers, this event
is shaping up to be a great way to spend
a couple of fun and festive hours with the
kids,” says Gary Holmes.
Gary welcomes any interested groups
from within the Eastern Suburbs to join in
the parade to make it a real day of community celebration. Individuals and groups
are also invited to volunteer their services
to support the success of the event.
The Santa Parade will begin at 10.30am,
rain or shine.
 More information and registration
forms for the event can be found by contacting Town Centre Co-ordinator Susie
Jones on 021 120 5069 or email info@
kilbirnie.org.nz.

Thursday November 8, 2018

11

End of an era as Strathmore outreach clinic closes
By Jamie Adams

Newtown Union Health Service (NUHS) has assured residents of the Miramar Peninsula
they will still have a presence in
the area despite the closure of
their Strathmore Park outreach
clinic.
NUHS staff gathered with
members of t he publ ic at
Strathmore Park Community
Centre (SPCC) on Wednesday,
October 31 to acknowledge the
service it had provided in the
area over the past 26 years.
NUHS - a member of the
region-wide Tu Ora Compass
Health Primary Health Organisation – had held an outreach
or “suitcase” clinic at the SPCC
several days a week. The service
continued to be held after a new
clinic was set up in Broadway
in 2011, gradually reducing to
being held once a week.
“In recent years the board
has been increasingly hearing
concerns about our ability to
provide good quality care to
the people of Strathmore at this
location,” NUHS chair Grant
Brookes says.
“There was equipment that
wouldn’t work properly, there
was decreased frequency of

service.”
A review in 2017 recommended
the closure as most Strathmore
patients were by then visiting
the Broadway clinic instead,
however it also found many
people still valued the outreach
service.
“For that reason we acknowledge the loss that this closure
represents,” Grant says.
“We believe we can now serve
the community better from our
other locations.”
Compass Hea lt h Genera l
manager practice development
Justine Thorpe says changing technology and different
requirements on health professionals made it too challenging
to retain the clinic.
Vivienne Coppell, a GP at the
outreach clinic since 2001, remembers the first clinic located
“right up there on the hill” in
1992.
“This was about coming to
where the people were.”
She acknowledged the clinic
co-ordinators who over the
years paid visits to check up on
local elderly patients, as well as
“mum and baby” groups and
even dancing sessions for people
in the waiting room.
Elaine Hill, who had run the

GP Vivienne Coppell, left, and clinic co-ordinator Elaine Hill, right, with bouquets given to them by
Newtown Union Heath Service manager Fiona Osten at the Strathmore Park outreach clinic closure
party on Wednesday last week. PHOTO: Jamie Adams

clinic for 12 years, noted her
daughter Charlotte had effectively grown up among a “huge
family” of health providers
they had got to know well over

that time.
Earlier, local kaumatua Te
Urikore Waenga held a prayer
before leading NUHS staff
through a waiata.

He noted the great work the
health clinic has made in trying
to reduce the levels of obesity
and diabetes among children,
especially Maori.

‘Puss In Boots’ Panto promises Newtown Vinnies to
host free lunch as
plenty of local jabs
Seasoned local actor Simon Leary,
known more for his dramatic
roles, will be switching to more
light-hearted fare this month.
Puss In Boots The Pantomime,
originally written by the late Paul
Jenden and directed by Susan
Wilson, takes the classic fairytale of
the feline trickster to contemporary
Wellington.
The plot revolves around a poor
widow woman, Mrs Miller, and her
son Arthur (Ben Emerson), who live
in Aro Valley.
Arthur finds he has been left a
cat in his father’s will – the clevSimon Leary as
the king and Natasha McAllister
as his daughter
Princess Martha
in this year’s Circa
pantomime Puss
In Boots. PHOTO:
RocT

er-talking Puss in Boots (Jonathan
Morgan). They set out to find riches
and come across a down-on-his-luck
king, played by Simon, his feisty
daughter (Natasha McAllister)
and marauding trolls (Jeff Kingsford-Brown and Carrie Green).
For Simon, musical comedy is
something he has become familiar
with, having been involved in four
at Circa previously.
As with all its pantomimes, references throughout the play are local
and topical, with many tweaks made
by the cast throughout its run.
“I am loosely based on Justin

Lester – King Justin of Wellington
– who’s very proud of Onzo Bikes
but has trouble getting taxes out
of people.
“My character is trying to marry
off his daughter to someone rich
and the cat tricks the king into
thinking Arthur is this big, rich
Marquis – we call him the Marquis
of Makara.
“There will definitely be references to Simon Bridges and the
National scandals. A lot happens
at the Botanic Gardens and across
Karori.
“The original play talks about
ogres but we changed it to trolls because trolling is a thing nowadays.
“Their main vendetta is against
the king. So they’re trying to stuff
up Wellington.”
As well as the local jabs which
Simon insists are “done with love”
there is also innuendo to make it
entertaining for adults as well as
children.
“We’ve done the pantomime for
so many years that people would
have started as kids and now
they’re coming along in their 20s.”
Of course no Circa pantomime
is complete without its famous
“Panto Dame” Gavin Rutherford,
who plays Mrs Miller.
“He’s been doing them eight
times now. He’s so familiar with
the character that he has licence
to go off in little riffs with the
audience. There’s a real interactive
element.”
Puss In Boots The Pantomime
runs Tuesdays to Saturdays at
6.30pm from November 17 to December 23 with encore shows on
January2-12. Book at circa.co.nz.

part of Free Shops
series
In response to Pope Francis’
call to action for World Day
of the Poor, groups around
Wellington a re hosting
events throughout the week
of November 12-19 under the
umbrella, Better off Together
/ He Waka Eke Noa.
The wider Wellington network of St Vincent de Paul
Society is coming together to
collectively host Free Shops
around the region between
November 3 and November
19.
The Free Shop model focuses on giving people the
shopping experience without
the cost. It’s about giving people the choice to choose what
they want for themselves and
their family. St Vincent de
Paul Society sees this as an
opportunity to invest in our
communities and the people
within them.
Stock will include women’s,
men’s and children’s clothing,
shoes, toys, homeware and
more. The stock comes from
our own Vinnies Op Shops,
community donations and the
generosity of Kiwi Community Assistance.
Last August, Vinnies Wellington held the first Pop-Up
Free Shop in Newtown, attracting 700 people through
the doors.
Over 30 volunteers sup-

ported the event with the
help of corporate groups
from Housing NZ, Pathways,
CCDHB, Massey and Paul
Eagle’s electorate. Alongside
the shop, a free community
BBQ was held with tea and
coffee provided by Peoples
Coffee.
The Newtown Free Shop
will be held on the space of
the former Caltex forecourt
at 230 Riddiford Street, just
across the road from the actual charity shop, at 10am-4pm
on Saturday, November 17.
Vinnies targeted marketing
to social housing, social services and community support
groups to make sure it was
able to support the most
vulnerable.
A free community lunch
will also be held on the site
on the day. Encompassing the
name ‘Better off Together’,
Vinnies Newtown is calling
on members of the public to
help prepare and serve the
food by turning up from 6am
on November.
Food will include baking,
salads, meat for barbecues,
vegetarian dishes, soups and
sandwiches.
 Those keen to help should
contact St Vincent de Paul
on 04 389 7122 or email
marketing@vinnieswgtn.
org.nz.

With the arrival of spring and the
warmer and often windier weather many
people will be affected by hay fever.
This is a common condition with rates in
New Zealand being amongst the highest
worldwide.
Hay fever can make people feel quite
miserable, with symptoms of itchy eyes,
runny nose, sniffles, sneezes and headaches. These are very similar symptoms
to the common cold. Symptoms of hay
fever may not last long and can be more
severe at certain times of the day, such as
in the morning or evening when pollen
counts are highest, as well as when the
weather is hot and humid.
Hay fever (also called allergic rhinitis)
develops in some people because of an
overactive immune system. This causes
them to have allergic reactions to certain
substances in the environment, generally
called allergens or ‘triggers’.
Pollens from flowers, grasses, trees and
weeds are the most common allergens.
“People who get hay fever at this time
of year have what is known as seasonal
allergic rhinitis”, advise Self Care pharmacists, “but not everyone with hay fever
reacts to pollen only at springtime. Many
people suffer from hay fever symptoms
all year round.
They can be sensitive to animal dander
(dead skin cells from their pets), mould,

and the house dust mite – a microscopic
animal that lives in the millions in our
pillows, bedding, curtains and carpets”.
In addition, cigarette smoke (yours
or someone else’s), chemical fumes
and dusts in certain workplaces, and
sudden temperature changes can make
hay fever symptoms worse by irritating
an already-sensitive nose. Many hay
fever sufferers also have other allergic
conditions like asthma, eczema and food
allergies - because of their over-active
immune systems.
The good news is that hay fever symptoms sometimes can be prevented and,
usually, can be well-controlled. “Effective treatments are available”, say Self
Care pharmacists, “but trying to avoid
the things that ‘trigger’ your hay fever
symptoms is a good first step.
Ask us about the Hay fever fact card
which has plenty of self care tips for
avoiding pollens and other allergens.”
If avoiding ‘triggers’ is not possible,
antihistamine medicines can be effective. These block the action of the
chemical histamine which is released in
your body when you come into contact
with an allergen.
There are many different antihistamines to choose from, which are
available as pills to take, or as nasal
sprays to use directly in the nose. Some

antihistamines can make you sleepy
and may affect your ability to drive. It
is important to get advice from your
Self Care pharmacist regarding the best
antihistamine for you.
For blocked noses, other medicines
can be used, such as decongestant nasal
sprays - but the use of these is limited. It
is recommended that you use decongestant nasal sprays for up to 3 days at a time
and then stop.
The use of these sprays for any longer
periods of time can lead to a condition
known as rebound congestion occurring.
There are also corticosteroid nasal
sprays which are helpful for people with
moderate-to-severe hay fever, and for
those who get hay fever symptoms all
year round. Corticosteroid nasal sprays
take a few days to get to its full effect and
should be used regularly everyday. This
is recommended even when you don’t
have any symptoms.
They can be used for prevention but
to be effective for this, they have to be
started before you are in contact with
the allergen.
Hay fever treatments are successful at
relieving the irritating symptoms and are
available from your Self Care pharmacy,
so talk with your Self Care pharmacy
team, and get your free copy of the Hay
fever fact card.

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Local ex-All Black to give free
talk on safety and success
Site Safe is offering locals a chance
to hear from All Black legend and
Hurricanes stalwart Rodney So’oialo
at its free Wellington event next
week.
A veteran of 62 tests and a former
Hurricanes captain, Rodney will
share his inspirational story about
his career, teamwork and what it
takes to succeed.
With extensive experience as a
coach and working with the police,
Rodney knows keeping people safe
is a team effort.
“Whether it’s on the field or at
work, working together is vital.
Keeping ourselves, and the public,
safe is so important.”
Site Safe, a national not-for-profit

health and safety organisation that
promotes a culture of health and
safety in New Zealand construction,
is sponsoring this free talk as part
of its annual Wellington graduation
event.
The event recognises those who
have completed a comprehensive
health and safety training programme. This year there are more
than 320 graduates across the country, a record.
This after-work event takes place
at 5pm on Thursday, November 15
at Tussock Bar, Massey University,
and is open to the general public.
 Free tickets can be ordered
online at sitesafewellingtongraduation2018.eventbrite.co.nz

Former All Black
and Hurricanes
captain Rodney
So’oialo.
PHOTO: Supplied

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Thursday November 8, 2018

SPORT

15

Team Wellington set to take on
world’s best footballers
By Jamie Adams

Wellington’s best footballers will
be taking on some of the world’s
greats when they head to the Fifa
Club World Cup in the United
Arab Emirates next month.
The Newtown Park-based club
will take part in the prestigious

knockout tournament involving
the winners of each of their respective continental tournaments.
Real Madrid is the defending
champion, having won it three
times in the past four years.
Team Wellington won the right
to tour after beating Fijian side
Lautoka in the final of the Oceania

Champions League in May, as
well as defeating previous champions and arch-rivals Auckland
City in the semi-finals.
New Zealand teams do not have
to compete against Australia’s
top club side in the Oceania
competition as the Australian
Football Federation joined the

Asian Champions League in 2007.
Team Wellington coach Jose
Figuera says their success is due
to a combination of experience,
motivation and camaraderie.
“Last season was my second
season at Team Wellington and we
have faced Auckland in two finals
in the national league,” Jose says.

Team Wellington celebrating their Oceania Champions League victory in May. The result means they head to the UAE next month.
PHOTO: @PHOTOtek

World cross country champs
wannabes aim to go the distance
A 10,000m race planned at Newtown Park this
Saturday may see some runners go under 30 minutes,
something that hasn’t happened in Wellington for
over 25 years.
The Agency Group 10k Invitational will see some
of the fastest distance runners in New Zealand try
to qualify for the World Cross Country Champs in
Denmark next year.
For senior men that qualifying time is 30 minutes
for 10,000m. For senior women, it is 35 minutes and
for junior men it is 32m 05s. The athletes will all be
working together as packs to reach the times rather
than competing against each other.
Hamish Carson of Wellington, a 1500m Olympian,
will be acting as pacemaker. Other Wellington
athletes competing are 2016 NZ Marathon champion
Nick Horspool who is this year’s fastest domestic
marathon runner with a time of 2 hours 18 minutes;
multi-sportsman Dan Jones; and current NZ Mountain Running Champion Niam Macdonald.

Hamish Carson will be the pacemaker in this Saturday’s Agency Group 10k Invitational at Newtown
Park. PHOTO: Rowan Grieg

They will be up against several elite runners
including Oska Baynes (Christchurch), a twotime New Zealand half-marathon champion who
won last week’s Auckland Half Marathon; Chris
Dryden (Christchurch), who is this year’s New Zealand U20 cross-country champion; Jacob Priddey
(Dunedin), a multiple junior national champion in
6km road racing, as well as 3000m and 1500m;
Samuel Tanner (Tauranga), winner of multiple
junior national titles in road, track and cross-country in 2017-2018; and Michael Voss (Rotorua), a
multiple junior NZ road champ who came second
at last week’s Auckland half marathon.
Wellingtonians in the women’s race include
Nicole Mitchell, the Wellington Cross Country
Champion and former NZ representative. Her
recent 10km personal best of 36m24s on the tricky
Wainuiomata course suggests she could go fast on
the track.
She will be joined by Mel Aitken, who won the
2017 Oceania Half Marathon Champs. An ultramarathon runner and policewoman, Mel recently
moved to Wellington from the West Coast.
They will be up against Lisa Cross (Auckland) this year’s national cross-country champion
and Sally Gibbs (Katikati), who is the current NZ
10,000m champion at the remarkable age of 55.
Earlier this year before she turned 55, Sally ran
10km in a time that was 30 seconds faster than the
current women’s world record for 55-year-olds held
by Silke Schmidt of Germany, meaning a world
record could fall on Saturday.
The B race (for those who run 40 minutes or more
for 10km) will begin at 4.45.
A race (for those who run 33 to 39 minute for
10km) will start at 6pm, while The Agency Group
Invitational (sub 33 minutes for 10km) kicks off
at 7pm.

“It’s the experience of playing
against each other and using them
as motivation for the Oceania
finals.
“We have got a close-knit group
who work extremely hard for
each other and there are exciting
players in the team.
“The majority have played in the
New Zealand league for a number
of seasons and they are a group
that’s really come together.”
While Team Wellington is
largely made up of imported
players, most of them have lived
in Wellington for several years
and are proud to represent the
city, Jose says.
“We’ve got a strong core of
players with the likes of Scott
Basalaj, Justin Gully and Andy
Bevin.”
Jose is under no illusion of what
they are up against when they
take on host side Al-Ain in Abu
Dhabi on December 12.
“It’s always going to be a massive test against fully-fledged
professional players, some who
played in Russia [for the Football
World Cup].
“I and staff have done hours of
homework on them.
“Upsets do happen, but we have
to be right at the top of our game.”
If Team Wellington does manage to win, it will take on the
winner of the African Champions
League, the final of which will be
held this Saturday.

LOCAL CRICKET RESULTS
All local cricket matches on Saturday were abandoned due to bad
weather.

Sports talk

with Jacob Page

Jordie sure to be
there despite form
Jordie Barrett may be testing
the All Black selectors’ faith
in him.
The enigmatic fullback, who
has been out of favour for the
latter part of the home season
after a poor performance in the
loss to South Africa, was equally
inept against Japan on Saturday
and the almighty court of public
opinion wants him out.
His replacement, the on debut
George Bridge, had a blinder,
continuing his strong domestic
form.
For much of the past decline,
public consensus has suggested
it has become harder to play your
way out of the All Blacks than
it has been to play your way in.
The usual scape-goats for this
theory have been Sonny Bill
Williams and Isaea Toeava.
Barrett is still the second best

fullback behind Ben Smith
but what has made his stocks
somewhat valuable is that he is
a second kicking option for his
up-and-down brother, Beauden,
whose boot off the tee has run
hot and cold particularly in
2018.
With the All Blacks going for
three consecutive World Cup
crowns in less than 12 months,
tough selections will have to be
made.
Dropping Jordie seems the best
option on paper but gut instinct
suggests the men in black have
built an envied culture of winning because they deal with the
devils they know and not the
latest flavour of the month.
Form is temporary and staying
in the All Blacks’ class can feel
like a permanent outcome at
times.